AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Lusitania
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Sussex Pledge
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Zimmerman Note
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Espionage
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Detailed explanation-1: -In May 1916, the German government issued a pledge to the United States that the Imperial navy would not attack passenger ships and would further allow the crew of merchant ships which carried war material to exit their vessels before they would be sunk.
Detailed explanation-2: -On May 6, the German government signed the so-called Sussex Pledge, promising to stop the indiscriminate sinking of non-military ships. According to the pledge, merchant ships would be searched, and sunk only if they were found to be carrying contraband materials.
Detailed explanation-3: -Under further pressure from America, the Germans gave the ‘Sussex Pledge’ which guaranteed that passenger ships would not be sunk, merchant ships would not be sunk without confirmation of weaponry onboard, and that provision would be made for the rescue of the crew of any torpedoed ship.